President-elect Donald Trump took aim at former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie by sharing a meme mocking his Republican rival’s weight, humorously linking it to the recent surge in drone sightings on the East Coast.
Trump shared the post on Truth Social, featuring what appeared to be an AI-generated image of Christie surrounded by five drones. Each drone was carrying a red McDonald’s bag as Christie, depicted in the image, appeared poised to devour several hamburgers.
The meme’s creator captioned the image with the line: “We now know the source of the drones over New Jersey.”

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem addressed the public tonight for the first time since the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria. Speaking on the current regional dynamics, he stated, “The enemy wanted to eliminate the opposition which stands in its way of expanding into the entire area.” While acknowledging the loss of a critical weapons supply route from Iran via Syria, Qassem asserted that the group’s resistance efforts would persist despite this setback.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday that he and the Republican Party intend to push for the complete abolition of daylight saving time once he assumes office.
In a TruthSocial post, Trump declared: “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.”
Two prominent figures in Trump’s advisory team, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who has been chosen to head a newly proposed Department of Government Efficiency, have also voiced support for doing away with time changes.
“Looks like the people want to abolish the annoying time changes!” Musk commented on X last month.

Mufid Abdel-Qader, a half-brother of prominent Hamas figure Khaled Mashal, has been released from a U.S. prison after serving 16 years of a 20-year sentence. His release includes a year-long transition in a rehabilitation facility. This comes at a time when officials in the U.S. and Israel suggest that the likelihood of reaching a hostage deal is on the rise.
Khaled Mashal, who once led Hamas’ political bureau, remains one of the few senior leaders of the organization still alive. It remains uncertain if Abdel-Qader’s release is connected to a broader agreement involving a potential hostage arrangement.

ABC News and its chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos, have settled a defamation lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump, with the news network agreeing to pay $15 million. The resolution, which was filed publicly on Saturday, allows both parties to avoid an expensive trial. According to the settlement, ABC News will contribute $15 million to a “Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established in the past.” Additionally, the network will cover $1 million in Trump’s legal fees.

For the first time since the current negotiations commenced, Palestinian Arab officials participating in the discussions regarding a potential hostage release voiced cautious optimism on Friday. In a conversation with Kan 11 News, these sources expressed hope that a mutual understanding might soon be reached, paving the way for an agreement.
According to these insiders, Qatar and Egypt are exerting meaningful bilateral pressure to facilitate a deal, with the United States playing an active role in driving the mediators forward. They also noted that Turkey, which has recently stepped up its involvement, is applying pressure on Hamas to come to terms with Israel.

Pramod Abichandani, drone expert and associate professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, discusses the mysterious drone sightings causing panic.

Daniel Penny, recently cleared of charges in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, has been invited as a personal guest of Vice President-elect JD Vance to attend the Army-Navy football game this Shabbos.
Penny is set to watch the game in a suite alongside Vance and President-elect Donald Trump at the event, held in Landover, Maryland. According to a statement from Vance on Friday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is also expected to join the group in the same suite during the highly anticipated matchup.
“Daniel’s a good guy, and New York’s mob district attorney tried to ruin his life for having a backbone,” Vance shared on X. “I’m grateful he accepted my invitation and hope he’s able to have fun and appreciate how much his fellow citizens admire his courage.”

Leaders of the Syrian Druze community in the Hader area of the  Golan Heights are calling to be annexed into the state of Israel, following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
Druze leaders said: “What is left for us is to be annexed to Israel,” as living under Israeli control would be “a much lesser evil than the evil coming our way.”  Many Druze people are afraid of what HTS, the Islamist group made up of former Al-Qaeda and ISIS operatives might do now that they have taken power in Syria, with many Druze concerned they:”might take our women, might take our daughters. They might take our houses. And we are with those who preserve our dignity.”

The Dutch Parliament voted on Thursday to decrease funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) over its ties to terrorism.
The decision is a diplomatic victory for Israel, which severed ties with the U.N.’s Palestinian aid organization over it connections with Hamas and other terrorist groups, and a sign of no-confidence among some of Israel’s European allies that are looking for alternative avenues to provide aid.
The parliamentary measure, which was approved by a vote of 88-49, will see the Netherlands cut annual funding to UNRWA by €4 million a year, starting next month. This past year it gave the organization €19 million.